Dry Dog Food - A Side by Side look - Part 1 - Puppy - With Grain

I have always wanted a dog food comparator of sorts. Often after adding an item to cart I give a pause, right before check out to go back and have a look at another product's ingredients only to forget the first the product’s ingredients.*Sigh* Time consuming and messy!

It's time to take matters into my own hands. The idea is to create a 4 part series where I attempt to pitch similar varieties of dog foods against each other. That is to say that the top 10 ingredients are listed in in the order of their appearance on the ingredient label along with the per KG price.

There is no judgement here. The idea is not to find a hero and a villain. It’s for you to take a look and decide what works for you and your pooch.

The road map to the series is as given below. Foods have been classified as "Grain Free" or "With Grain". Low Grain varieties also shall fall into the "With Grain" category. It’s either Grain Free or it belongs to the Others.

The life stages chosen are Puppy and Adult. Product types picked up are for medium breeds. All breed formulas have been included where appropriate.

Life stage → Food Type ↓

Puppy

Adult

With Grain

Part 1

Part 2

Grain Free

Part 3

Part 4

Part 1 : Puppy Food - With Grain

An estimated Per KG price has been calculated to achieve uniformity. Prices have been picked up from popular e-commerce sites. The url whence the ingredient list has been procured has also been provided where applicable. Non vegetarian ingredients including oils, fats and eggs have been highlighted in red.